diff --git a/craft_cli/messages.py b/craft_cli/messages.py
index 7ad159d..83731ad 100644
--- a/craft_cli/messages.py
+++ b/craft_cli/messages.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Literal, Optional, TextIO, Union
 
-import appdirs
+import platformdirs
 
 try:
     import win32pipe  # type: ignore
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def _get_log_filepath(appname: str) -> pathlib.Path:
     The app name is used for both the directory where the logs are located and each log name.
 
     Rules:
-    - use an appdirs provided directory
+    - use an platformdirs provided directory
     - base filename is <appname>.<timestamp with microseconds>.log
     - it rotates until it gets to reaches :data:`._MAX_LOG_FILES`
     - after limit is achieved, remove the exceeding files
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def _get_log_filepath(appname: str) -> pathlib.Path:
     Existing files are not renamed (no need, as each name is unique) nor gzipped (they may
     be currently in use by another process).
     """
-    basedir = pathlib.Path(appdirs.user_log_dir(appname))
+    basedir = pathlib.Path(platformdirs.user_log_dir(appname))
     filename = f"{appname}-{datetime.now():%Y%m%d-%H%M%S.%f}.log"
 
     # ensure the basedir is there
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index ecb9a5c..087e1cf 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 alabaster==0.7.12
-appdirs==1.4.4
-appdirs-stubs==0.1.0
-astroid==2.8.3
+astroid==2.8.4
 attrs==21.2.0
 autoflake==1.4
 Babel==2.9.1
-backports.entry-points-selectable==1.1.0
-black==21.9b0
+backports.entry-points-selectable==1.1.1
+black==21.10b0
 bleach==4.1.0
 certifi==2021.10.8
 cffi==1.15.0
@@ -14,34 +12,34 @@ charset-normalizer==2.0.7
 click==8.0.3
 codespell==2.1.0
 colorama==0.4.4
-coverage==6.0.2
+coverage==6.1.1
 cryptography==35.0.0
 distlib==0.3.3
 docutils==0.17.1
-filelock==3.3.1
+filelock==3.3.2
 flake8==4.0.1
 idna==3.3
-imagesize==1.2.0
-importlib-metadata==4.8.1
+imagesize==1.3.0
+importlib-metadata==4.8.2
 iniconfig==1.1.1
-isort==5.9.3
+isort==5.10.1
 jeepney==0.7.1
-Jinja2==3.0.2
-jsonpointer==2.1
+Jinja2==3.0.3
+jsonpointer==2.2
 keyring==23.2.1
 lazy-object-proxy==1.6.0
 MarkupSafe==2.0.1
 mccabe==0.6.1
 mypy==0.910
 mypy-extensions==0.4.3
-packaging==21.0
+packaging==21.2
 pathspec==0.9.0
 pkginfo==1.7.1
 platformdirs==2.4.0
 pluggy==1.0.0
-py==1.10.0
+py==1.11.0
 pycodestyle==2.8.0
-pycparser==2.20
+pycparser==2.21
 pydantic==1.8.2
 pydocstyle==6.1.1
 pyflakes==2.4.0
@@ -49,21 +47,21 @@ Pygments==2.10.0
 pylint==2.11.1
 pylint-fixme-info==1.0.2
 pylint-pytest==1.1.2
-pyparsing==3.0.1
+pyparsing==2.4.7
 pytest==6.2.5
 pytest-mock==3.6.1
-pytest-subprocess==1.3.0
+pytest-subprocess==1.3.2
 pytz==2021.3
 PyYAML==6.0
 readme-renderer==30.0
-regex==2021.10.23
+regex==2021.11.10
 requests==2.26.0
 requests-toolbelt==0.9.1
 rfc3986==1.5.0
 SecretStorage==3.3.1
 six==1.16.0
 snowballstemmer==2.1.0
-Sphinx==4.2.0
+Sphinx==4.3.0
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints==1.12.0
 sphinx-jsonschema==1.16.11
 sphinx-pydantic==0.1.1
@@ -78,13 +76,13 @@ toml==0.10.2
 tomli==1.2.2
 tox==3.24.4
 tqdm==4.62.3
-twine==3.4.2
+twine==3.6.0
 types-PyYAML==6.0.0
-types-requests==2.25.11
+types-requests==2.26.0
 types-setuptools==57.4.2
 typing-extensions==3.10.0.2
 urllib3==1.26.7
-virtualenv==20.9.0
+virtualenv==20.10.0
 webencodings==0.5.1
-wrapt==1.13.2
+wrapt==1.13.3
 zipp==3.6.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8a6fd7f..fa84e79 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-appdirs==1.4.4
+platformdirs==2.4.0
 pydantic==1.8.2
 PyYAML==6.0
 typing-extensions==3.10.0.2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 05d79ae..33fe92a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ include_package_data = True
 packages = find:
 zip_safe = False
 install_requires =
-    appdirs
+    platformdirs
     pydantic
     pyyaml
     pywin32; sys_platform == "win32"
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ release =
     twine
     wheel
 test =
-    appdirs-stubs
     black
     codespell
     coverage
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_messages_helpers.py b/tests/unit/test_messages_helpers.py
index 2dc30a1..212be13 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_messages_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_messages_helpers.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import time
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call
 
-import appdirs
+import platformdirs
 import pytest
 
 from craft_cli import messages
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def test_log_dir(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
-    """Provide a test log filepath, also fixing appdirs to use a temp dir."""
+    """Provide a test log filepath, also fixing platformdirs to use a temp dir."""
     dirpath = tmp_path / "testlogdir"
     dirpath.mkdir()
-    monkeypatch.setattr(appdirs, "user_log_dir", lambda appname: dirpath / appname)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(platformdirs, "user_log_dir", lambda appname: dirpath / appname)
     return dirpath
 
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def test_getlogpath_ignore_other_files(test_log_dir, monkeypatch):
 def test_getlogpath_deep_dirs(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     """The log directory is inside a path that does not exist yet."""
     dirpath = tmp_path / "foo" / "bar" / "testlogdir"
-    monkeypatch.setattr(appdirs, "user_log_dir", lambda appname: dirpath / appname)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(platformdirs, "user_log_dir", lambda appname: dirpath / appname)
     fpath = _get_log_filepath("testapp")
 
     # check the file is inside the proper dir and that it exists